Update default mintignore patterns

organize/mintignore.mdx

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 keywords: ["exclude", "ignore", "gitignore", "drafts", "private"]
 ---
 
 The `.mintignore` file allows you to exclude specific files and directories in your documentation repository from being processed and published to your documentation site.
 
 Use `.mintignore` to keep drafts, internal notes, and source files out of your public documentation while maintaining them in your repository.
 
@@ -32,24 +32,28 @@
 - Don't appear in your published documentation.
 - Aren't indexed for search.
 - Aren't accessible to visitors.
 - Are ignored by [broken link checks](/installation#find-broken-links). Links that point to ignored files are broken.
 
 ## Default ignored patterns
 
-Mintlify automatically ignores the following directories without requiring any configuration:
+Mintlify automatically ignores the following directories and files without requiring any configuration:
 
 - `.git`
 - `.github`
 - `.claude`
 - `.agents`
 - `.idea`
 - `node_modules`
+- `README.md`
+- `LICENSE.md`
+- `CHANGELOG.md`
+- `CONTRIBUTING.md`
 
 You don't need to add these to your `.mintignore` file.
 
 <Note>
   Unlike [hidden pages](/organize/hidden-pages), files excluded by `.mintignore`
   are completely removed from your site and cannot be accessed by URL.
 </Note>
 
 ## Pattern syntax
@@ -62,4 +66,4 @@
 | `*.draft.mdx`      | Excludes all files ending in `.draft.mdx`      |
 | `private-notes.md` | Excludes a specific file                       |
 | `**/internal/**`   | Excludes any `internal` directory at any level |
 | `!important.mdx`   | Negates a previous pattern (includes the file) |